Since the founding of Dali by the founding emperor Duan Siping, the country has lasted for hundreds of years, and its history is much longer than that of the Song Dynasty. At that time, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, Taizu, used a jade ax to draw the Dadu River as the boundary, but he did not want to

There is really no guarantee of winning Dali.

Beside the couch, Taizu, who would not allow others to sleep soundly, had no choice but to acknowledge the existence of Dali. This shows that this country entrenched in the southeast is not so easy to deal with.

In addition to the powerful soldiers and armor, innate conditions such as climate and geography were also one of the important reasons that held back the Song Dynasty.

However, it prospered and then declined. After hundreds of years of inheritance, Dali has inevitably embarked on the path of decline. The solidification of domestic classes has reached a very serious level. Although it followed the example of the Song Dynasty and opened schools to recruit scholars,

But the people who can afford to read, except those from wealthy families, are basically Buddhist monks.

The serious consequence of the solidification of classes is that Dali fell into the position of being controlled by several wealthy families.

The power of the royal family is weakening day by day. The big families such as Gao, Wang, Dong and others take turns to control the government and suppress the royal family together.

After decades of wreaking havoc, the Duan family's influence in Dali has dropped to a historical low, and the power it can control is already quite weak.

Today's Dali Prime Minister, Gao Yingde, has worked hard to rectify government affairs, develop production, and pay attention to commerce since he came to power. While Dali's national power has rebounded, his reputation has also reached its peak.

As the Prime Minister, Gao Yingde, who has reached this point, seems to have no other way out except to take a step forward.

He knows very well that if he does not take this step, once he steps down in the future, whether it is other companies or the Duan family who come to power next and come back to power, the first thing they have to do is to eliminate their own influence.

Then the Gao family will end up with a lot of heads.

Of course, it is impossible for them to kill all the Gao family. Although several wealthy families in Dali have fought to the death for hundreds of years, there is a bottom line. If you kill someone today, there is no guarantee that others will kill you in the future.

However, the Gao family has many branches and branches. If something like this happens, Gao Yingde's branch will naturally die. At that time, the Gao family will naturally have other branches to make up for it.

Speaking of which, Gao Yingde's team was just a substitute fifty years ago.

Gao Yingde, the current Prime Minister of Dali, does not want his direct descendants to end up in trouble after his death, nor does he want the prosperous age of Dali he created to end up being advantageous to others.

So, he wants to go one step further.

Duan has been the emperor for hundreds of years, which is enough. When he comes to the throne, he will give Duan's descendants a place to live, which can be regarded as having done their best.

But taking this last small step is not that easy.

The Duan family understands, and so do other families.

A weak Duan family is liked by everyone, so everyone can offer him up as a wood carving and clay sculpture, and then everyone will fight over him to eat meat and drink soup. If the emperor turns into a powerful figure like Gao Yingde, then everyone will just

I'm afraid I won't have any meat to eat, and I'm afraid I won't even be able to drink the soup.

Therefore, at this point, everyone is willing to stop Gao Yingde.

How can we take this step smoothly?

Of course, you have to create some incidents and create chaos, and then in the chaos, you can take advantage of the public opinion and the morale of the military to advance further.

To put it bluntly, it means provoking a foreign war.

Gao Yingde was shocked by the fact that An Guirong, the leader of the Luodian Kingdom, was destroyed and only led a part of his confidants to flee to Dali.

Luo Dianguo has always been attached to Dali. At the same time, he also served as a buffer zone between Dali and the Song Dynasty. Now, Luo Dianguo was destroyed for no reason. Gao Yingde could not help but suspect that the Song Dynasty wanted to take action against Dali.

Already.

But the current situation of the Song Dynasty is really not good!

The Song Dynasty, which had suffered consecutive defeats on the Hebei Road and Shaanxi Road, had no reason to start a war in Dali again at this time!

But I can’t say for sure, maybe it’s because the Song Dynasty suffered consecutive defeats in Hebei Road and Shaanxi Road, and domestic morale was low and the people’s morale was unstable, so they wanted to pick the weak ones and do something to themselves!

Compared with the size of the Song Dynasty, Gao Yingde considered himself to be a soft persimmon.

Gao Yingde immediately sent out manpower, both official and private, to find out what happened. At the same time, the country also began to mobilize urgently, so that if something happened, he would not be in a hurry.

Although Dali is indeed weaker than the Song Dynasty, it is not that easy for the Song Dynasty to invade Dali.

Dali has everything in terms of weather, geography, and people.

And in Gao Yingde's view, no matter what the situation is in the Song Dynasty, this is not a great opportunity for him!

Only under abnormal circumstances can I, as the Prime Minister of Dali, squeeze as much power into my hands as possible, and at such times, I will encounter less resistance.

The results of the investigation surprised Gao Yingde and he was also overjoyed.

I really didn't expect that the Song Dynasty would actually fall to such a point.

The one who invaded Luo Dianguo was actually the second son of the Xiao family, Xiao Cheng and Xiao Chongwen.

Speaking of the Xiao family, Gao Yingde was extremely impressed.

That guy Xiao Yu raised an amazing son. Now Xiao Ding basically dominates the northwest. In Gao Yingde's view, it is only a matter of time before Xiao Ding becomes emperor.

And this is exactly what Gao Yingde dreamed of.

I didn't notice the second son of the Xiao family before, but now it seems that Tiger's brother is definitely not a cowardly little white rabbit. This Xiao Erlang, hiding behind the scenes, can actually control the entire Qianzhou subordinates.

Dozens of Jisi Prefectures and turned them into their own use, and was able to capture Luodian in one fell swoop.

This Xiao Lao Er seems to be following the path of Xiao Lao Er. Does he also want to dig a piece of the southwest of the Song Dynasty?

This is great!

Gao Yingde was almost dancing with joy.

This is a great opportunity for Gao!

If you fail to take what God has given you, you will be punished by God!

This is Gao Yingde's interpretation of this matter.

An Guirong received a very grand reception in Dali. Gao Yingde gave him a place, money, food, grass and weapons, so that An Guirong could gather the stragglers of Luo Dianguo who had been dispersed by Xiao Cheng in Dali, and promised to help An Guirong take back Luo Dianguo.

Lost soil.

Gao Yingde's thoughts were naturally not limited to the small Luo Dianguo. He also had his eyes on Qianzhou under Xiao Cheng's control and the dozens of Jizhous under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou.

What he needs to defeat is not the big Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty Wu Xia or Xiao Cheng who cannot be dealt with.

Today, the Xiao family is in dire straits. The failure on the Shaanxi Road has made the Xiao family's arrogance skyrocketing. In order to clean up the mess on the Shaanxi Road, the Song Dynasty has to negotiate a peace with Xiao. Xiao Cheng may also become part of the negotiations in the southwest.

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The Song Dynasty did not dare to deal with Xiao Cheng because it was worried that Xiao Ding would retaliate on the Shaanxi Road.

Therefore, if they go to deal with Xiao Cheng, the Song Dynasty will not blame themselves, but may even celebrate it! Well, when the time comes, they will collect dozens of Jizhou Prefectures as reward, and they probably won’t have much time.

See you there!

So what if I have an opinion if I’m a mom?

Nowadays, Da Song has sores on his buttocks and pus on the soles of his feet. Does he still have time, energy and enough strength to say something to himself?

Having reached this point, I can probably use these victories to take a step forward in the country and reach the great treasure.

When he became the Emperor of Dali, he could free up his hands and work hard. He slowly eliminated the powerful gentry forces in the country and truly returned power to the central government. At the same time, he worked hard to develop national strength and mobilize troops.

, always pay attention to the news from the Song Dynasty. Assuming that the Song Dynasty has a major conflict with the Liao Kingdom or Xiao Ding in the northwest, he can take advantage of the situation and send troops to win the Guangdong and Guangxi.

Guangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road were beaten into chaos during the last rebellion of the barbarian Nong Zhigao. Later, although Nong Zhigao's rebellion was put down, it also made Dali look down upon the Song Dynasty's southwest direction.

Strong on the outside but dry on the inside.

Especially in the past few years, after Tao Hongyuan was appointed as the pacifier of Guangnan West Road, the officials up and down Guangnan West Road were all thinking about making money. The soldiers were not prosperous and the officials were corrupt. As long as there was a chance, they would definitely be able to control it.

The whole south is in my hands.

At that time, he truly achieved unprecedented achievements since the founding of Dali.

At that time, the Gao family will be able to sit down firmly on the emperor's chair.

A large number of spies were sent out and entered Luodian Kingdom and southwestern Guizhou. Gao Yingde began to quietly plan the march.

Emperor Tian paid off his hard work. After the autumn harvest, the spies brought back news that made Gao Yingde very angry. Luo's Ghost Kingdom suddenly launched an attack on Xiao Cheng.

Luo's ghost country's thoughts were probably clear to his own, and they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to expand their power.

Moreover, the plans of both parties are almost identical.

They all wanted to capture the Luo Dian Kingdom, and at the same time swallow up the dozens of Jisi Prefectures in southwestern Guizhou.

The Luo Dian Kingdom and the Luo Ghost Kingdom had the same origin, which was probably the reason why Pugui sent troops.

Just as the name suggests, he avenges his brother.

But An Guirong, the leader of Luodian Kingdom, is still here!

"Why are you panicking?" Gao Yingde scolded An Guirong, who hurriedly ran to him and asked for troops to be sent out immediately: "Let them fight for a while first, and they will fight each other for their own benefit. They will suffer heavy casualties. When that time comes, we will fight again."

Wouldn't it be easier to send troops?"

"But Prime Minister, looking at Pugui's military composition, he obviously has the support of the Song Dynasty. If we take action too late, after Luo Dian falls to Pugui, it will be too late to get it back!" An Guirong

Uneasy.

Gao Yingde sneered: "Is it so easy? If Xiao Cheng is so easy to deal with, how could you be beaten so hard by him that you lost your armor and fled to Dali in embarrassment?"

An Guirong lowered his head with a flushed face.

When Gao Yingde unceremoniously sprinkled salt on the wound, his heart throbbed with pain, but he had no choice but to swallow his breath as he asked for help.
To be continued...